Biodiesel on pace for record year in the US
WASHINGTON, DC — Boosted by federal policy aimed at diversifying the transportation fuels market, the U.S. biodiesel industry reached a new production record for the first half of the year and is on pace for its best year ever, according…
Verspeeten Cartage celebrating 60th anniversary
INGERSOLL, Ont. – In 1953, Canada celebrated the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; General Motors introduced the EX-122 Concept Car (also known as the Corvette), Canadian Percy Faith and his Orchestra had the Billboard Number 1 song…
Frac sand mining splits communities
Town of Howard – Dotting much of western Wisconsin’s rural landscape are new man-made tears in the hills where frac sand mining has exploded as a job creator and source of community tension.
Sunday: Tulsa company says need for skilled truckers booming
Eva Gray, a truck driver with Melton Truck Lines, gets into her truck in Tulsa. A spokeswoman said the company would hire anyone who is qualified to fill the demand for drivers.
Trucking Con-Man Goes From the Hammer to the Slammer
You’ll be glad to know that Joseph “the trucker spy” Volpe will be taking the next few months off work.
Trucker robbed on city road
Three youths swooped down on a truck on Marine Drive in Bistupur police station area in the small hours on Friday, beat up the driver with wooden clubs and snatched Rs 10,000 and a cellphone from him.
U.S. Court of Appeals shoots down truckers,’ union’s petitions to derail Mexico pilot
OOIDA and the Teamsters had argued in petitions before the court that the cross-border program was unlawful on a variety of fronts, including that the pilot doesn’t include a sufficient number of participants “necessary to yield statistically valid fin…
Bethel selectmen ponder speeding chip trucks
Those were some of the ideas mentioned last week by Bethel selectmen to get chip trucks passing through town to slow down.
Ohio detour confuses truck drivers
A confusing detour around a bridge on Route 3 south of the Interstate 76 entrance ramps near Seville, OH, is causing truckers traveling through the area to get stuck in a residential neighborhood.
Ohio detour confuses truck drivers
A confusing detour around a bridge on Route 3 south of the Interstate 76 entrance ramps near Seville, OH, is causing truckers traveling through the area to get stuck in a residential neighborhood.